You can't win them all - unless you are Ant McParlin and Declan Donnelly who have just picked up their 18th National Television Award.

The presenting duo came out on top again at this years awards, scooping the Best Presenter accolade despite the Ant taking a career break following his arrest for drink driving in March last year.

Fans took to social media to praise the pair but one person who wasn't so thrilled was Piers Morgan.

The Good Morning Britain host has made it clear that he would sulk if the show didn't take home the Daytime award at the ceremony which went to ITV channel-mates This Morning.

The presenter was left rather unimpressed when This Morning pipped Good Morning Britain to the Daytime award (Image: ITV)

But it was Ant who found himself again at the centre of Piers' comments.

Taking a swipe, Piers asked: "If what it takes to win one of these awards like Ant this year, have the worst year of your career, walk your dog all year and get presenter of the year, what are we doing here?"

He then added: "Why bother turning up? Someone get me a dog and I’ll walk it all year and we’ll have a better chance of winning."

His final dig came when the controversial presenter said: "I'm going to change my name to Ant McMorgan. Then I will have a chance of winning Best Presenter."

Piers had his say on the GMB panel on Wednesday but it isn't the first time he has criticised the duo's nomination (Image: ITV)

Ant and co-host Dec were not at the ceremony due to filming commitments for Britain’s Got Talent, but they were on hand via live link to accept their prize.

In an emotional speech, a shocked Ant turned to his long-term colleague and friend and said: "Oh wow. Oh wow. Thank you, thank you so much.

"This is a genuine shock, especially this year. We want to say thank you to everybody. I really don't think that I can accept this award this year.

"The one reason we won the award this year is this guy: his hard work, his wit, his dedication. Best mate in the world.

Ant embraced his co-host, crediting him for their win (Image: ITV)

"I love this guy."

Dec was also clearly taken aback by the win but was in full support of his right-hand-man adding: "I've got him back now, and now we're back together."

The pair were reunited on Friday after more than a year of not working together with Ant stepping down from his TV duties in April 2018 following a drink-driving conviction.

He was fined £86,000 and banned from driving for 20 months after being found to be more than twice the legal drink-drive limit.

Speaking of the smash for the first time, the 43-year-old said the smash was "like an explosion of the worst possible moment in my life."

The Geordie duo will be in Manchester next month for the next stage of the Britain's Got Talent audition.